Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12
IMPROVING THE RACE.
POSSIBILITIES SUGGESTED BY A RE-
CENT SURGICAL TRIUMPH.
New Eyes in Exchange for Old-saiIors
and Policemen Mad. More Efficient
-B.autifuI Orb, for Girls
Other improvements


or all modern surgical operations. that re-
Gently performel by DIR. Chabret of Paris,
Is parhap' the mo,t remarkable. He re-
moved a diseased eve from a young girl
and replaced 1T with the eve Of q rabbit
The transplanted eye has accepted the stu
alton, and promises to be an efficient sub IL
tute for the lost one. OF course 1t may diff
fer in focal length from the girls original
eve, but that is defect that eau be RENE
died by spectacles.
This operation is apparently destined to
put an end to blindness among msu Hith
erto the loss of an eye has been irrepars ble
but if our missing eyes can b. male good
by the eyes OF thu lower animal no one need
be without pair of good, substantial eyes
The supply of eyes that can be made u-e Of
for this purpose is ineHhaustible. and As the
cost of production Is practically nothing.
the cost OF supplying ones self with new
eyes will be very small.
Not only can blindness be thus rendered
unnece sary, but persons who have lost
their original eyes can more than supply
their loss. In fact, We can all greatly i'm
prove our powers of vision by providing
ourselves with choice AMI desirable eyes
The efficiency of the police force wouli OBJ
viously be greatly increased were every
policeman 10 he suppi,Hl with pair Of eats
eyes He woull then be enabled to see
cashier or other criminal ON the darkest
night without the all OF lantern. while
his eyes would be at least as valuable in the
daytime As are ordinary police eyes The
eyes of hawks and other far seeing birds
would be of immense advantage to sailors
and other persons whose occupations makes
unusually good eyesight necessary, and it Is
probable that within the next few years no
sailor will be able t. receive an officers
certificate unless he can prove that he is
supplied with the standard marine eye
whether that may be the eye OF hawk, an
eagle, or crow.
For purposes of personal adjournment the
new plan Of supplying girls with beautiful
eyes is sure to be popular What man could
resist the plealing gazs Of girl wearing a
pair Of settlers eyes OF the eyes of a deeri
What could be more attractive than a girl
with the eyes of a pink rabbit The eyes of
a Skye terrier would be ju { the thing for
girls who wear their hair banged. AMI the
eyes of an owl would be very appropriate
for girls VINO are fond of moonlight ex-
cursions. OF course, the feminine fashion
in eyes will change from time to time, and
setters' eyes which may be fashionable
next year, NAV be decided u be vulgar a
year later when psacocks' eyes come into
fashion. Inleei. it will probably be neces-
sary for n fashionable lady to change her
eyes with her dreSS, and We shall hear dis
paraging remark, made OF this or that girl
to the effect that she is wearing the same
oil ewes that she wore at Mr.. Smiths party
last winter.
Long ago il was discovered that tsst h
hair. and skiu could be transplantsl. Now
that we have learlsi that We can weirtl
eyes OF animals, there is reason to b,lievs
that We can supply ourselves from the
same source with other organs WHAT an
un peakable benefit it would be to tns fire.
quenter Of boarling-house couli he pro-
vide him elf with the stomach Of a genu-
inc ostrich. He could then eat boarding
house steak or spring chicken as easily ani
comfortably as he could eat GRO
quette OF csrpst-tacks or fllst Of
brick. Imagine the Improvement which
could be made in anv army We're til. rank
and file TO be fitted with mules legs instea 1
OF the weak and harmless legs supplied to
men by nature. DR. Chabret's operation
opens to Us almost unlimited possibilities of
improving the human race and of forming
what would really be new type OF man,
made up of judiciouS selections from the
best limbs and organs in use among the
lower a imsl>. II is earnestly to be hope !
that DIR. Cnabret is not a myth, and that his
patient with the practica lie rabbits eye is
not an invention of some imag inative All
unscrupulou' Partisan journalist